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PHILADELPHIA — Nearly six weeks after a franchise-altering trade deadline, the Rangers now enter the next phase of their rebuild following a 5-0 loss to the Flyers Saturday afternoon in their season finale. And the first order of business is determining whether to move forward with head coach Alain Vigneault. When Glen Sather and Jeff Gorton announced on Feb. 8 the team would rebuild for the future, Gorton said Vigneault was a “good coach” but didn’t want to say if Vigneault would be back for the 2018-19 season. The bottom didn’t completely fall out with the combination of players who remained after the deadline, the ones acquired and the youngsters who filled out the roster. The stripped-down club went 7-9-3 to close the season, which ultimately was detrimental to the team’s chances at a high pick in the draft lottery. But the Rangers (34-39-9) missed the playoffs for the first time since 2009-10 and played meaningless … [Read more...] about Alain Vigneault’s future now on the clock as Rangers end season with 5-0 loss to Flyers

Henrik Lundqvist remembers very well the stinging feeling that enveloped him eight years ago when the Rangers played their season finale in Philadelphia, as they will again Saturday afternoon, losing in a shootout in what was a win-and-in, lose-and-go-home affair for both teams. Up until this year that was the only time Lundqvist missed the playoffs in his NHL career. The Rangers have long known their fate and were officially eliminated on March 27, but they can hamper the Flyers’ playoff chances Saturday as Philly needs either one point gained or a point dropped by Florida to clinch a postseason berth. That provides some extra juice for Lundqvist, who will start Game 82. “I obviously remember being in that building with a lot on the line a few years ago, and it did not go the way we wanted,” Lundqvist said Friday after the Rangers’ final practice of the season. “For us who were there, I think going into (Saturday,) obviously we want to play a really … [Read more...] about Henrik Lundqvist, Rangers relishing the chance to spoil Flyers’ playoff hopes

Two legends of ’94, Mike Richter and Adam Graves, are in agreement that the Rangers are heading in the right direction with the choice they made ahead of the trade deadline to be sellers and stock the cupboard with prospects and picks. “We’re all hockey fans and we want to see the Rangers do well, but this was kind of a difficult but courageous decision to say, ‘Hey look, we don’t have the horses to get there now,’” Richter told the Daily News Wednesday night. “They were hit by injuries. ‘Can we make a run for it? Potentially.’ But if they’re really gonna stabilize the organization and have long-term success, you need to re-tool, and that’s what they’re doing.” Richter spoke after being honored alongside Graves by Ice Hockey in Harlem for their contributions to the program. “There’s gonna be times where you have to take a step back to take two steps forward, and I know I’m excited, … [Read more...] about Rangers legends Mike Richter, Adam Graves on board with team’s rebuild

By Keri Blakinger Updated 8:11 pm, Sunday, April 1, 2018 Photo: Texas Department Of Corrections Image 1of/1 CaptionClose Image 1 of 1 Tourniquet Killer Anthony Shore Tourniquet Killer Anthony Shore Photo: Texas Department Of Corrections Texas Rangers report offers new details about Houston serial killer's final admissions 1 / 1 Back to Gallery In the days before his first scheduled death date, Houston serial killer Anthony Shore admitted to raping one woman at gunpoint in front of her husband and another at knifepoint after a break-in, according to newly released Department of Public Safety documents. Also known as the Tourniquet Killer, Shore was executed in January for four killings in the Houston area in the 1980s and 1990s. Afterward, sources told the Chronicle that he'd offered up a number of last-minute … [Read more...] about Texas Rangers report offers new details about Houston serial killer’s final admissions

An East Stroudsburg man has been sentenced to 27 months in prison for driving his vehicle into a park ranger two years ago at the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.Damari Roulhac, 26, was convicted by a federal jury Sept. 26, 2017, of assaulting a U.S. park ranger and fleeing park rangers. U.S. District Judge James M. Munley sentenced him in Scranton.Park rangers patrolling the national recreation area on the evening of July 1, 2016, ordered Roulhac to stop his vehicle, but he instead accelerated toward a ranger, federal prosecutors said.The ranger first was forced to jump out of the way of Roulhac’s vehicle, but when the ranger ran back toward the vehicle, Roulhac drove into the ranger, prosecutors said. The ranger was not seriously injured.Roulhac was arrested days later at the Pike County Courthouse, where he was being sentenced in an unrelated 2014 drunken driving case.The park ranger assault case was investigated by rangers of … [Read more...] about East Stroudsburg man gets prison for driving vehicle into a Delaware Water Gap park ranger